“Says It Would Not Restrict Use of Legitimate Weapons….”

SHIELDS DEFENDS ANTIPISTOL LAW Says It Would Not Restrict Use of Legitimate Weapons. Former Assistant Secretary of War Crowell, on behalf of the Army Ordnance Association, of which he is president, is opposing the Shields anti gun-toting bill to prohibit interstate transportation of pocket pistols and revolvers on the ground that such a law would operate to impair the function of the army for national defense. In a letter to Senator Shields Mr. Crowell Said: “We are Informed that the passage of this bill would restrict the manufacture of pistols and revolvers to the quantities bought by the army, navy and Marine Corps. Inasmuch as the termination of the war left the military services with great reserves of these weapons, it will be many years before the war and navy departments again become heavy purchasers of these arms. “Thus, the passage of this bill would destroy the industry upon which this government must rely in case of war not only for its pistols and revolvers, but largely for its machine guns and similar weapons, and in the event of another emergency there would be no established industry to which the government could turn for these indispensable arms.” In reply Senator Shields wrote Mr.



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